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Hello All I have a question: "What measures can you take to try and prevent swarms?" This is my list, does anyone have any other ideas in this department? 1/ Regular detailed inspections every 10 -12 days, to avoid viable Q cells 2/ Make sure the queen has room to lay in the BB 3/ If the...

All I'm so sorry to be posting again today asking for help!! I'm now on day 6 of Monitoring Varroa and the avergage drop ove the 1st 5 days in 117 per day!!!! I have the MAQS treatment, the forecast in my area over the next week is 16c to 21c during the days and 11c to 13c during the night...

Hi All So after brooding about all the Varroa mites in my hive, 4 days of monitoring on a sticky board indicates a drop of 448 mites meaning AVG drop is 112 per day!! I've order MAQS and also considering getting a cheap Vaporiser, however i've a few specifc questions: 1/ The MAQS treatment...

Hello all So i put a white board above my OMF and checked it 24hrs later to do a summer Varroa Monitoring session. Now feeling very depressed. This is my first attempt at monitoring, being only 4.5 months into the wonderful world of Bee keeping. How ever and few points i need help with. 1/...

Hi all, think ahead about Varroa i came across this link, has anyone any thoughts about this type of treatment? https://www.varroa-killer-sound.com Killing varroa with Sound "The ideal frequency range to harm the varroa mites is between 14.000 and 15.000 Hz with 90 decibel" BUT WHY TO I...

All Thanks very much for the support thus far, I seem to be learning very quickly (good job). My latest inquiry is the board below the open mesh, should is always be fitted or only fitted for varroa monitoring? Simple!! Best to All Suffolk Paul (The Absence of Evidence is not Evidence...

Hello all So I use on my single hive a 14 x 12 BN BB, but also have a Standard BN BB, and i would like to make an EKE which i can fit to my standard box so it will take the 14 x 12 frames. My question is how high should the EKE be? is it 88.9mm and in 3.5" depth? Best Paul :ohthedrama:

I want to put my honey in nice jars, which i'm just about to collect! Then the next thing is labels. I dont want to buy labels, as i have a selection of AVERY labels on sheets of A4, and a good clour printer. i know the rules about labelling, but dos anyone know of a template to use in...

Hi All, Well i managed to gradually turn my hive 180 degrees in 6 30 degree increments, no issues at all, thanks for the advice. So my next newby question is when can i take some honey? We are in Mid July and my setup is as follows: 14 x 12 Deep National BB 2 x Supers ( lower 1 is 100%...

All So I popped home for lunch and was sat with my sandwich (Cheese & Spring Onion) watching the bee's come and go, whilst my blood pressue receded. However thenext thing i saw was a BUMBLE BEE loitering around near the entrance to my hive, then it entered the hive, but came out within 5-10...

Good Morning all, well I'm now a few months into bee keeping and enjoying it very much. My Nuc has grown to a stong 60,000 + group of lovely bees who are happy and hardly need any smoke when inspecting. However my classic error is that when i set my hive up I faced it the way i wanted to...

Hello Everyone, So my questions is "how wide should the entrance to a hive be?" My brood box is a 14x12 Deep, with a Super on top, and the current entrance is 150mm or 6" in real measurements :-) So some times during the day there seems to be alot of bees clustered in, and around the...

Hello all well i've pretty much completed assembly of my 1st hive and my question is: "when I measure either my Brood Box or Super Boxes (corner to corner) my boxes vary to 4-5mm indicating each box is not square so is this too much variance??" Any guidance would be great! Best to all

Being a beginner in most respects, although i consider myself to be well read, having already attended Bee Keeping course a while ago. I have now reach the point of buying my first hive and joining the local Bee association, off to a good start one thinks! (how hard can this bee) So my...

Hi all I'm a true newbie, as I still need to build my hive which is in my garage. Looking forward to being involved in this forum and i hoping for some guidance, at some point no doubt, although i have joined the local Bee Keeping Association as well. Kind Regards Paul